Edward Hopper became 'poet of the prosaic'

11:38 PM,
Jul. 21, 2013

'Nighthawks' by Edward Hopper, 1942.

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John Russell wrote a retrospective of Edward Hopper for The New York Times on the 10th anniversary of his death, and described his impact. "One of the great repositories of American life in its most distinctive and least contaminated form is the art of Edward Hopper. Not merely is he fundamental to the history of American painting, but he is also fundamental to the history of American life, as it was lived during his long career."

Hopper, who was born on July 22, 1882, painted iconic scenes from his observations of America; most of us are familiar with his most famous piece, the 1942 "Nighthawks," ...